Poza absolutyzm i relatywizm. Anty-antyetnocentryzm Richarda Rorty’ego
Beyond Absolutism and Relativism. Richard Rorty’s Anti-Antiethnocentrism

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on a critical presentation of Richard Rorty’s conception of morality. It can be characterized by an attempt to go beyond the opposition between absolutism and relativism, thus leading to finding a solution that would avoid the weaknesses of both positions, and – at the same time – be free from fundamentalism, dogmatism and axiological nihilism. Such a solution is seen by Rorty in the anti-antiethnocentrism which treats values and moral norms as historical and cultural artifacts devoid of unconditional and absolute character, whereas morality is perceived as a set of customs, behaviors and practices that a given society and culture approve of. Rorty’s anti-antiethnocentrism is distinguished from relativism by the rejection of a belief that various systems of values are equally valuable and that they cannot be judged from the perspective of other frameworks. It is distinguished from absolutism by a countinouous high-lighting that – although Western values are not something absolutely and objectively good – they are nonetheless worth of preservation and promotion in the world.

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